Become River

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Become River is an orchestral composition by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its evocative, nature-inspired soundscapes and gradual, flowing musical development.

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Become River canonical 2

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instanceOf orchestral composition ⓘ
composer John Luther Adams ⓘ
composerNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasCharacteristic evocative soundscapes ⓘ
flowing musical textures ⓘ
gradual musical development ⓘ
hasInstrumentation orchestra ⓘ
hasTheme environment ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
water ⓘ
inspiredBy nature ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement single-movement work ⓘ
notableFor immersive listening experience ⓘ
nature-inspired orchestral writing ⓘ
partOfSeries Become trilogy ⓘ
relatedWork Become Desert ⓘ
Become Ocean ⓘ
style postminimalism ⓘ
subject river ⓘ
usesTechnique gradual transformation of musical material ⓘ
long sustained sonorities ⓘ
slow harmonic rhythm ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Luther Adams → notableWork → Become River ⓘ
Become Desert → relatedWork → Become River ⓘ